Switch Between Google Accounts Faster With Account Switcher [Chrome]

Gmail is so great that one account just isn’t enough. Many users manage multiple Gmail accounts  for work and for personal use. Having a singular efficient interface to manage emails from is great but switching between different account, not so great. You can switch between different Google accounts right from the Google UI with the Account Switcher for Google Gmail™ accounts extension for Chrome. An extremely useful and simple extension, the Account Switcher appears when you sign into any Google account as a link next to your account in the upper right hand corner. Before you can start using the extension, add the different accounts you...

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Gary Marshall: How iTunes Match hopes to stop you switching to Google Music

If you wanted to describe the online reaction to iTunes Match in one word, that word would be "yarrrrr". By scanning your library and syncing legitimate AAC files when it finds a match, some said, iTunes was effectively offering money laundering for music: chuck your torrented, low bitrate tunes in one end and get your shiny legal 256Kbps AACs out of the other. It's a pirate party mix! I don't think that's how it's going to pan out. First and foremost, if you're a huge torrenter then you're not going to suddenly start paying for a service that syncs all the stuff you weren't willing to pay money to acquire in the first place. iTunes Match isn't...

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Acer unveils Aspire Ethos laptop with touchpad remote

Acer's newly-announced Aspire Ethos is not just a laptop, according to Acer. No, apparently it's a multimedia experience, redefining how you enjoy your music, videos and pictures. And just how does it do this? It starts with a detachable touchpad to use as a remote control, moves on to a frameless 15- or 18-inch full HD display with 1920 x 1080 resolution and ends with a choice of Nvidia Geforce graphics cards (GT 555M or GT 540M). Powering all this is a second-gen Intel Core processor – an i7, i5 or i3 depending on your budget, and up to 4GB of RAM. Drive faster The Aspire Ethos comes with either one or two 500, 640 or 750 GB hard drives...

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Tutorial: How to fix iPod, iPhone and iPad problems

What can you do if iTunes can't see your device when you connect it!? When you plug an iPhone, iPod or iPad into your Mac, the on-screen battery indicator will change to show it's charging or plugged in. Make sure you're not just seeing a normal battery; if you are, try a different USB lead, another USB port and be sure it's connected directly to your Mac and not an external hub. Furthermore, a device won't show up if it's very low on charge - wait a few minutes until it's got a bit more juice in it and it should appear. If the connection is okay but iTunes is still not recognising it, run Software Update to make sure OS X and iTunes are both...

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Gartner predicts further PC slow-down

Analyst house Gartner has issued a new prediction for worldwide PC growth in 2011, saying that consumers will cause growth to slow to 9.3 per cent. Its previous prediction for this year was 10.5 per cent, but the downwards revision has come as consumers continue to tighten their financial belts. It doesn't help that consumers are losing interest in teeny little netbooks and seem to be putting off purchases in order to see how the whole tablet thing pans out. Notebook apathy Ranjit Atwal, research director at Gartner, explains, "Consumer mobile PCs are no longer driving growth, because of sharply declining consumer interest in mini-notebooks....

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Updated: iOS 5: all the latest details

We're expecting big things from Apple this year: the iPhone 5 will be with us at some point in 2011, and some rumours suggest we'll see the iPad 3 as early as this autumn. But in the meantime there's a new version of iOS, iOS 5 here and it's been revealed during tonight's WWDC 2011 keynote. iOS in numbers: 200 million iOS devices sold Read on for our list of all the new iOS 5 features but for a video rundown of what's new, check out our pal T3's video below: brightcove.createExperiences(); iOS 5 release date The iOS release date is Autumn 2011 - probably to coincide with the new iPhone. iOS 5 compatibility iOS 5 will work with iPhone 4...

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Twitter: iOS 5 integration is a 'great opportunity'

One of the bigger shocks when Apple announced iOS 5 to the world earlier this week was that the new mobile operating system would come with a modicum of Twitter integration. Given that Apple is usually such a closed shop, especially when it comes to its OS, its embrace of the micro-blogging giant surprised many - but Twitter's head of platform Ryan Sarver think it makes perfect sense. "Overall the big thing for us is the combination of two big platforms," Sarver explained to TechCrunch. "And we're complementary to each other. Twitter from day one has been a mobile-friendly company — that was a part of Jack's [Dorsey] original vision. So to...

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WWDC 2011: iMessage: Apple takes on Blackberry's BBM

Apple has announced at WWDC 2011 that it will be bringing a new instant message service to iPhone, iPod touch and iPad. Called iMessage, the service allows you to start a cross-device conversation where you can post text messages, photos, videos, contacts and even do group messaging. This is a massive hit to RIM, who prides itself on BBM for BlackBerry, and it is also puts the iPhone 4 in firm contention as a business phone. Message in an iPhone According to Apple, iMessage works both over Wi-Fi and 3G and if you want to send a message all you have to do is tap the camera icon, pic a pic and you are away. Apple has managed to squeeze around...

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